Table of contents
- Original news
- What did the E-Privacy Directive seek to achieve?
- Why has there been such a slow uptake of compliance with the E-Privacy Directive?
- What risks are companies facing?
- Is the ICO likely to take action? What are the penalties?
- What should lawyers do next?
Article summary
IP & IT analysis: Phil Lee is a partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse in the Privacy and Information Law Group and heads its US office in Palo Alto, California. As a specialist in behavioural profiling and cookie regulation, he discusses why online businesses have so far been slow to comply with the E-Privacy Directive’s ‘cookie consent’ rule.
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